Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference

The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic.

Nicholas Culpeper

The Complete Herbal is a seventeenth‑century compendium that sets out the virtues of England’s common herbs,…

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

Various

Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary is a reference work that catalogues the English language in exhaustive…

Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog Con partes de la oracion y pronunciacion figurada

Sofronio G. Calderón

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" Volume 12, Slice 6

Various

The entry “Groups, Theory of” opens with a sweeping definition of the concept of an operation, placing it at…

Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

Wood, James, Rev.

The work is a reference volume that gathers a wide range of sayings, maxims, proverbs, mottos, definitions…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Eleventh Edition, Volume III Part 1 Slice 2, is a reference work that continues…

History for ready reference, Volume 4, Nicæa to Tunis

J. N. Larned

The volume is a reference work that strings together concise entries on a wide sweep of historical subjects,…

Encyclopedia of Needlework

Thérèse de Dillmont

The Encyclopedia of Needlework is a practical manual that begins by confronting a common objection, why study…

The slang dictionary: Etymological, historical and anecdotal

John Camden Hotten

This work is a scholarly reference that catalogues the ever‑shifting vocabulary of English slang, cant and…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bréquigny, Louis Georges Oudard Feudrix de" to "Bulgaria" Volume 4, Part 3

Various

The work is a segment of the 11th‑edition Encyclopædia Britannica, covering entries from “Bréquigny, Louis…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" Volume 9, Slice 6

Various

This volume of the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica is a reference work rather than a…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Dinard" to "Dodsworth, Roger" Volume 8, Slice 5

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5, is a reference work that presents a series of…

The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Crocoite" to "Cuba" Volume 7, Slice 7

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Eleventh Edition, Volume VII, Slice 7, is a reference work that begins its…

The book of wonders: Gives Plain and Simple Answers to the Thousands of Everyday Questions That Are Asked and Which All Should Be Able to, but Cannot Answer...

The Book of Wonders is an encyclopedic compendium that sets out to answer the myriad everyday questions that…

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section S

Noah Project Gutenberg; Webster

The work is an exhaustive alphabetical reference that treats each entry as a miniature encyclopedia of…

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section C

Noah Project Gutenberg; Webster

The Gutenberg Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary: Section C is a digitized segment of the 1913 Merriam edition…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Luray Cavern" to "Mackinac Island" Volume 17, Slice 2

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2 is a reference work that begins with a detailed…

An Illustrated Dictionary of Words used in Art and Archaeology Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations.

John W. Mollett

This work is an illustrated dictionary that gathers and refines the terminology most commonly encountered in…

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The Circle of Knowledge: A Classified, Simplified, Visualized Book of Answers

The Circle of Knowledge presents itself as a comprehensive reference work that belongs to the “books of…

A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer Comprising ancient and modern military technical terms, historical accounts of all North American Indians, as well as ancient warlike tribes; also notices of battles from the earliest period to the present time, with a concise explanation of terms used in heraldry and the offices thereof. The work also gives valuable geographical information. Compiled from the best authorities of all nations. With an appendix containing the Articles of war, etc.

Thomas Wilhelm

Thomas Wilhelm’s A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer is a nineteenth‑century reference work that assembles a…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" Volume 11, Slice 4

Various

The Eleventh‑edition Encyclopaedia Britannica is a reference work, not a narrative, and this slice of Volume…

Species Plantarum, Sections IV-V

Carl von Linné